Sources for #121 - The First NY Post Office
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· “Old Houses; The Prisons of the Revolutionary War. Four Still Survive The North Dutch Church, the Middle Dutch Church, the Provost Prison and the Rhinelander Sugar-House.” The New York Times (October 14, 1872) p 5 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E2D61F38EF34BC4C52DFB6678389669FDE
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Sources for #122 - The Iraq War
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Sources for #123 - The Yankee Pitcher Switch
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Sources for #124 - The Fine Cotton Scandal
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Sources for #125 - The Puritans and The Quakers
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Sources for #126 - RA Cunningham and Tambo
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Sources for #127 - Bank Robber Harry Pierpont
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Sources for #128 - Nim the Chimp
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Sources for #129 - Straw Hat Riot
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Sources for #130 - The Bald Knobbers
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Sources for #131 - John Ericsson and The Monitor
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Sources for #132 - The Bone Wars
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Sources for #133 - The Toxic Lady of Riverside
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Sources for #134 - Chicago Martial Arts Legend Count Dante
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Sources for #135 - Stagecoach Mary
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Sources for #136 - Bayou of Pigs
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